Madras Mountain Views Bikeway proposed
The Oregon Parks and Recreation Department will hold a public meeting for a proposed 29-mile loop Madras Mountain Views Bikeway at 5:30 p.m. March 27…
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BBR’s Big Meadow golf course earns honor
The stunning Big Meadow mountaingolf course at Black Butte Ranch has been recognized by Golfweek as one of the “Best Courses You Can…
Continue Reading HIgh Desert Chamber Music receives grant
High Desert Chamber Music has been awarded a Meyer Memorial Trust grant, in the amount of $5,000. The MMT’s mission is to work with and invest…
Continue Reading DCSO free shredding, food drive, drug disposal
A FREE Personal Document Shredding Event, Food Drive, and Prescription Drug Disposal event will take place at the Deschutes County Sheriff’s…
Continue Reading Ore. lawmakers urged to enact carbon tax and shift
A report released Monday by the Northwest Economic Research Center at Portland State University claims a statewide carbon tax and shift policy could…
Continue Reading Oregon gleaners look to harvest farm assist
Some Oregon families supplement a tight food budget by gleaning, or rounding up the excess from farm fields and orchards to feed themselves and share…
Continue Reading C.O. Beeekeepers Assn. holds ‘bee school’
Honeybees aren’t native to Central Oregon but that doesn’t stop hundreds of beekeepers in our area from bringing them here. The Central…
Continue Reading Ore. middle-school basketballers play in C.O.
You don’t hear much in Oregon about middle school basketball tournaments, but a Central Oregon organization is changing that and held one this…
Continue Reading After arson, Bend church ‘wounded but not broken’
Trinity Episcopal Church in Bend held, at a nearby location, its first service on Sunday after a devastating series of fires left one of its…
Continue Reading Dozens at Bend vigil denounce church arson
Dozens of immigration activists and others gathered for a candlelight vigil in downtown Bend Saturday night near a fire-stricken church to denounce…
Continue Reading Oregon treasurer pitches plan to pay for college
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon’s treasurer wants to make higher education more affordable for all students and has proposed selling $500 million…
Continue Reading Oregon treasurer pitches plan to pay for college
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon’s treasurer wants to make higher education more affordable for all students and has proposed selling $500 million…
Continue Reading Oregon treasurer pitches plan to pay for college
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon’s treasurer wants to make higher education more affordable for all students and has proposed selling $500 million…
Continue Reading Oregon treasurer pitches plan to pay for college
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon’s treasurer wants to make higher education more affordable for all students and has proposed selling $500 million…
Continue Reading Oregon treasurer pitches plan to pay for college
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon’s treasurer wants to make higher education more affordable for all students and has proposed selling $500 million…
Continue Reading Meissner Nordic Club seeking new groomer
The Meissner Nordic Club is a community ski club that has been helping groom the Virginia Meissner Snow-Park for the past 20 years. But their current…
Continue Reading Hundreds partake in Bend’s ‘Pints for Polio’
A pub crawl staged in Bend on Saturday afternoon had a bigger goal than many — to help eradicate polio worldwide. Polio, the deadly disease,…
Continue Reading Bend fires probe: Is arsonist on the loose?
A destructive, unsettling string of fires that heavily damaged two downtown Bend church buildings, two detached garages, two parked cars and a…
Continue Reading Big Oregon wildfires rack up bills in the millions
A new report issued by the National Interagency Coordination Center in Boise shows large wildfires across the U.S. racked up a bill of nearly $580…
Continue Reading Prineville man arrested in shooting at Tumalo home
A Prineville man was pulled over and arrested on attempted murder and other charges Friday afternoon, minutes after he allegedly fired at least two…
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